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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, Read The American story: Perspectives and encounters from 1877. Constellation. o Chapter 10: The Cold War Era o Chapter 11: The Affluent and Anxious Society o Chapter 12: The Turbulent Years Watch Cold War Ep.18/24 (1954–1990) backyard Links to an external site. Watch The house we live in Links to an external site. | Reflect The post-war era of the United States is often looked back on as a “Golden Era” yet this was also a period of tension, both at home and abroad. Consider the major events of the Cold War, and various U.S. Cold War policies, such as Containment, the Truman Doctrine, and the Domino Theory. Think about how the United States’ relationship to the world changed during the Cold War; how did this changing relationship paved the way for the events that we are witnessing in the world today? Next, think about the impact that the Cold War had at home, particularly on American culture and society. Reflect deeper on the state of American society in this time period; on the social, economic, and technological gains, but also on the inequalities that existed, particularly those discussed in The House We Live In. Think about how this period, which was a golden era for some, created the need for movements such as the Civil Rights Movement, the American Indian Movement, the Women’s Movement, and movements for immigrants’ rights such as the National Farm Workers Association and Chicano Movement. Women’s Movement Women have spent decade fighting for equality and still do today. "Early in the 20th century, women’s rights activists had focused their energy on winning the right to vote, but with that battle won, 1960s feminists emphasized a broad range of issues, including official legal inequalities, sexuality, the workplace, and reproductive rights (Barnes & Bowles, 2015)." The 1960s were a start of many changes for women and the Women's Movement took off and sparked a need for change. The first accomplishment that we can see for women in the 60s is when the FDA approved the birth control pill. This was an important event in women's history because this
gave women more control over their lives and bodies. Another major inequality that women faced was in the workplace. Women were treated fairly differently than men were, even being paid drastically different wages than men who were performing the same job. In 1963 we see the Equal Pay Act passed and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, changing how women (and people of color, different religions, etc.) were paid and discriminated against in the workplace (Barnes & Bowles, 2015). We can see this same issue reoccur in the future when Obama and Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which gave employees a longer amount of time to file a workplace discrimination charge (Barnes & Bowles, 2015). Betty Friedan was key to the Women's Movement, she spoke of women essentially being able to be their own people instead of having to follow the social and cultural norms of the time, (being a housewife, stay-at-home mom, no access to birth control, and no true personal monetary value like pay and income). Her novel The Feminine Mystique (1963) spoke on these issues and triggered a change in women's social rights and equality. She later went on to form the Nation Organization of Women (NOW) in 1966 which still fights for women's rights today, especially with the recent changes to abortion laws and reproductive rights.
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